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Through Science to God: Eugenics as Religionhttp://biologos.org/blog/through-science-to-god-eugenics-as-religion?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/through-science-to-god-eugenics-as-religion?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationTed Davis traces the interesting (and often disturbing) history of how Christians have used evolutionary science to justify un-Christian views, and makes some suggestions about a better relationship between science and Christian faith.Thu, 25 Sep 2014 03:00:49 -0700Ted DavisEvolution Basics: Evolution and the Christian, Part 1: Is Evolution a Purposeless Mechanism?http://biologos.org/blog/evolution-basics-evolution-and-the-christian-part-1?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/evolution-basics-evolution-and-the-christian-part-1?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationOne of the primary concerns about evolution that I encounter is the question of “randomness” – by which most folks mean something to the effect that evolution is an unpredictable, uncontrolled process – that as such could not be used by God as a purposeful mechanism to bring about his aims.Thu, 18 Sep 2014 03:00:54 -0700Dennis VenemaAt the Frontiers of Evolution, Part 5: Contingency and Convergence in the LTEEhttp://biologos.org/blog/at-the-frontiers-of-evolution-part-5-contingency-and-convergence-in-the-lte?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/at-the-frontiers-of-evolution-part-5-contingency-and-convergence-in-the-lte?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationHow twelve cultures of bacteria give evidence of the power of evolution.Thu, 04 Sep 2014 03:00:38 -0700Dennis VenemaEvolution Basics: At the Frontiers of Evolution, Part 4: Contingency vs. Convergencehttp://biologos.org/blog/evolution-basics-at-the-frontiers-of-evolution-part-4-contingency-vs-conve?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/evolution-basics-at-the-frontiers-of-evolution-part-4-contingency-vs-conve?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationGiven that both contingency and convergence seem to be significant factors in evolutionary history, it is only natural for scientists to wonder which force has the upper hand. Is evolution primarily contingent, with convergence playing only a minor role? Or is evolution largely a convergent phenomenon, where contingent factors have little overall influence?Thu, 21 Aug 2014 03:00:49 -0700Dennis VenemaOrigins News Roundup for August 20, 2014http://biologos.org/blog/origins-news-roundup-for-august-20-2014?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/origins-news-roundup-for-august-20-2014?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationFrom science and religion blogs: quantum uncertainty and God, the remarkable fact that we have come to understand our place in the created order, and the role of theology in making wise choices about the use of technology.Wed, 20 Aug 2014 03:00:52 -0700Hannah BirkyOrigins News Round-Up for May 28, 2014http://biologos.org/blog/origins-news-round-up-for-may-28-2014?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/origins-news-round-up-for-may-28-2014?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationThis weeks in Origins news: studies of a skeleton uncovered in 2007 provide clues about rapid human evolution in the Americas, our climate and Christian stewardship, a few BioLogos folks give interviews, and some cool links to miscellaneous finds.Wed, 28 May 2014 04:00:18 -0700Hannah BirkyInterview with Ronald Osbornhttp://biologos.org/blog/interview-with-ronald-osborn?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/interview-with-ronald-osborn?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationWe must press beyond the various creation narratives in the Hebrew Bible, including the final chapters of Job, to the picture of God revealed in the New Testament—the Creator who does not rationally explain away the scandal of suffering but who instead enters into it.Tue, 20 May 2014 04:00:23 -0700Jim StumpOrigins News Roundup for May 14, 2014http://biologos.org/blog/origins-news-roundup-for-may-14-2014?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/origins-news-roundup-for-may-14-2014?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationThis week in our Origins News Roundup: News of new nucleobases, the future of synthetic biology, and some healthy dialogue and critique of certain aspects of modern science.Wed, 14 May 2014 04:00:24 -0700Emily RuppelOrigins News Roundup for May 2, 2014http://biologos.org/blog/origins-news-roundup-for-may-2-2014?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/origins-news-roundup-for-may-2-2014?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationToday’s Origins News Roundup features a tour of trending topics in neuroscience, from commentaries and questions made recently by popular media to developments in neuroengineering and the BRAIN initiative.Fri, 02 May 2014 04:00:24 -0700Hannah Birky“The Language of God” Book Club – Chapters 1 & 2http://biologos.org/blog/the-language-of-god-book-club-chapters-1-2?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/the-language-of-god-book-club-chapters-1-2?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationCollins poses, as the central question of his book: “In this modern era of cosmology, evolution, and the human genome, is there still the possibility of a richly satisfying harmony between the scientific and spiritual worldviews?”Fri, 24 Jan 2014 03:00:35 -0800Jim StumpHuman Moral Responsibility and the Sciences of the Mindhttp://biologos.org/blog/human-moral-responsibility-and-the-sciences-of-the-mind?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/human-moral-responsibility-and-the-sciences-of-the-mind?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication“I believe it is fair to conclude that the supposed threat posed to human free will and moral responsibility from the very much work-in-progress social and cognitive human sciences is quite overblown.”Mon, 16 Dec 2013 03:00:14 -0800Tim O'ConnorA Celibate Life in a Libertine Agehttp://biologos.org/blog/a-celibate-life-in-a-libertine-age?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/a-celibate-life-in-a-libertine-age?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication…we must never venture to wander far from God, upon the Presumption that Death is far enough from us, but rather in the very height of our Jollities, we should endeavour to remember, that they who feast themselves to-day, may themselves prove Feasts for the Worms to-morrow…Thu, 26 Sep 2013 03:00:44 -0700Ted DavisWith Charity to Allhttp://biologos.org/blog/with-charity-to-all?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/with-charity-to-all?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication“…why a man should be hanged, because it has not yet pleased God to give him his spirit, I confess, I am yet to understand. Certainly to think by a halter to let new light into the understanding, or by the tortures of the body to heal the errors of the mind, seems to me like applying a plaister to the heel, to cure a wound in the head; which doth not work upon the seat of the disease…”Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:00:32 -0700Ted DavisBelief in God in an Age of Science: John Polkinghorne, Part 4http://biologos.org/blog/belief-in-god-in-an-age-of-science-john-polkinghorne-part-4?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/belief-in-god-in-an-age-of-science-john-polkinghorne-part-4?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationIt is precisely the recognition of the qualities of elegance, economy and naturalness which solves the problem of the under-determination of theory by experiment, so often pressed by philosophers of science, who sometimes speak of the process of discovery as if it were a dull routine of fitting curves to data points.Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:00:01 -0700Ted DavisStochastic Gracehttp://biologos.org/blog/stochastic-grace?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/stochastic-grace?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationI was raised in a household of atheists. My parents were card-carrying members of the American Communist Party, and therefore the atheism in my household was quite close to the militant anti-theism of the so-called “new atheists”.Mon, 01 Jul 2013 09:18:31 -0700Sy GarteEvolution and Immunity: Same Story?http://biologos.org/blog/evolution-and-immunity-same-story?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/evolution-and-immunity-same-story?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationThe evidence suggests that God has chosen to work through a random process, one which involves the routine creation and destruction of millions of cells that never get used. This is the ordinary means by which God maintains our health. The miracles of healing recorded in the Bible are miraculous precisely because they don’t occur by this normal, natural process.Sat, 23 Mar 2013 06:00:21 -0700Kathryn ApplegateAdaptive Immunity: How Randomness Comes to the Rescuehttp://biologos.org/blog/adaptive-immunity-how-randomness-comes-to-the-rescue?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/adaptive-immunity-how-randomness-comes-to-the-rescue?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationSurely the design of a highly specific antigen-binding site could not be accomplished by random mutations! Actually, yes, though as we will see, the story is not as simple as a single gene undergoing spontaneous mutations every now and then.Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:00:06 -0700Kathryn ApplegateThat’s Random! A Look at Viral Self-Assemblyhttp://biologos.org/blog/thats-random-a-look-at-viral-self-assembly?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/thats-random-a-look-at-viral-self-assembly?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationIt should be noted that indeterminacy does not imply that God does not have foreknowledge of future events. Christians ought not to be uncomfortable with the idea of God interacting with his creation through chance.Sat, 16 Mar 2013 06:00:49 -0700Kathryn ApplegateMisconceptions about Randomnesshttp://biologos.org/blog/understanding-randomness?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/understanding-randomness?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication“Randomness,” when taken to mean unconquerable unpredictability, is inherent in many processes created by God, from hurricanes to viral assembly to genetic recombination to antibody production. Randomness means that the details of the future are unpredictable, and will stay that way regardless of scientific progress.Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:46:59 -0700Kathryn ApplegateScience and Scientism in Biology: The Origin of Moralityhttp://biologos.org/blog/science-and-scientism-in-biology-the-origin-of-morality?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
http://biologos.org/blog/science-and-scientism-in-biology-the-origin-of-morality?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_SyndicationThe problem is that as human beings, we know that goodness exists, so it must be accounted for, and if one is a staunch believer in scientism, it must be accounted for scientifically.Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:31:04 -0800Sy Garte